XP Downgrade Suit: Legitimate beef or frivolous complaint?
The latest Vista flap originates from a lawsuit filed against Microsoft Corporation stemming from fees assessed to Los Angeles computer user Emma Alvarado for downgrading a Lenovo notebook PC from...
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Another Use for WinPE: WinRE UFD To the Rescue
If you’ve ever messed with the Windows Vista Recovery Environment you know it’s helpful, but it can take quite a while for it to appear on-screen on a machine in need of repair or recovery. In fact,...
View ArticleHere Comes IE8 RTM!!
One of my best sources for leaked info from Microsoft continues to be Malaysian-based site TechARP. Today’s blog is based on some recent reportage from them about the upcoming Internet Explorer 8...
View ArticleVista SP2 RC On Its Way
On Wednesday, February 25, Brandon LeBlanc, Windows Communications Manager for the Windows Client Communications Team, posted information to The Windows Blog to announce the Release Candidate (RC) for...
View ArticleSecunia Flags Flash10a.ocx as threat, but clean-up requires some contortions
Now that I’ve been running Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) on my Vista machines for about three months I’m starting to learn a little about this program’s behavior. Last Friday, Secunia...
View ArticleWindows 7 Predictions: Hits and Misses
Of the many and varied sources of Windows information I read regularly, the coverage at OSNews.com is always interesting, often insightful, and even funny or mordant on occasion. That’s why I read Thom...
View ArticleMeet A Key Figure Behind the Win7 UI: Julie Larson-Green
A great story in Western Australia Today (WAtoday.com.au) features Ms. Larson-Green, the person behind the ribbon technology introduced in Office 2007, who has since taken over ownership of the Windows...
View ArticleNo More Morro: Meet Microsoft Security Essentials
In the wake of numerous leaks about the upcoming product, Paul Thurrot was finally allowed to go public on June 18 about the replacement product for Windows Live OneCare. Formerly code-named “Morro”...
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Check out the (Beta) Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
The Windows 7 Upgrade advisor is still in beta — as is the Windows 7 OS itself — but it’s recently acquired a pretty permanent-looking URL:...
View ArticleHow Microsoft is like a woodpecker
By Diana Hwang As I sit on my friend’s porch in New Hampshire staring at a lake, I can see and hear the woodpeckers as they drum on various trees around her property in search of food. Microsoft...
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